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REE TRADER OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established 1840 THE WEATHER. Generally fair tonight nnd Tuesday; continued arm. OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1880 AND OTTAWA FAIR VOLUME 5.--NO. 21fl. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, JLLY 25, 1921. PB1CE. TWO CENTS. JOURNAL DEALER W CACHE M IE RESULTS III ARREST OF THREE SHERIFF'S AID ARRESTS YOUTHS ACCUSED OF BOOTLEGGING SOFT DRINK POLICE OF RING NEAR PATRON INFORMS HOLDUP, OCCUR Q TRACKS LOST $9.00 TO CUSTODY. THUGS ONE IN Pour ki'gs nf wiiii' were found hid den on tin Illinois river tank about a inili- southwest of the city Saturday. An Investigation following the nnt lug of the liquor ended in the arrest of Harry Coulter, sged 21, and H. w. Hayes, of the same age, on a charge of Volating Hit; search and seizure laws, i am! Nicholas Wolfa, aged on a charge of transporting liquor. All three of the young men were held in the county jail over Sunday. Today it was reported that the authori ties woro making further investigation 1 of tin- case and that other Ottawans might hp implicated, The four wine kegs were discovered among the undergrowth on the river hank late Saturday afternoon by a party of hoys. The And was reported to the sheriff's office. Ayers nnd 'Deputy Sheriff Cisco went out, to thp j spot ami located the wine hut did not trace the owners. Cisco was left on 1 guard while Avers returned to town. I Between K and : o'clock Jlaycs and; Coulter came out and Idled a jug with the beverage. Cisco went from his hiding place to make the when the) saw the deputy their Jug in the river. A man who is alleged te arrest hut they threw have heen waiting iri an auto for tUem away when he saw the deputy. At the county Jail the pair t authorities that last Thursday they had some liqnor at McKinli id the nighl f park and that Wolfs brought it to town them in the large black auto belt lug to Dr. T. W. Ifurrows. W acts as chaueiir for Dr. Burrows. Early yesterday morning tin ant for ilta ities took charge of Wolfa at the rows residence. They found a case which Hayes and Coulter al the whiskey was carried in frou Bur suit Kinley park, hut did not llnd t ho liquor. On Friday someone reported to the; i-herHi's office that Wolfa had some liqUOr in Dr. Burrows' auto. Sin riff Ayers went over on Friday night ami I Searched the car hut found no trace of boose, Tells Story of Hold-up. Three eye-witnesses are alleged to have watched the holdup of John M il ley. West Ottawa resident, Saturday nighl about 8 o'clock, who accuses Eugene Heath. Mulberry street, ami James N'angle, BIS West Jefferson ; street, of committing the crime. The robbery occurred on Walker street, several feet north of the Harrison i house hotel, after the two holdups had potted their victim in the Harrison saloon. Wangle, according to tin- authori ties, is still at large and has not yet heen placed under an !St. last I leal ln- was taken into custody last night at his home by Officer James Fox. Mr. Malloy, the victim of the al leged highwaymen, appeared at Judge Koenig'fi office early yesterday morn Inn unit nM:timil wei i-rii n I s for the ar rest of Hea;he and N'altirle. While at i the court room he told of the holdup In which I8J60 w-as taken from hi.-, clothing hy two men answering their description. According to in the Harrison Malloy he had heen house soft drink par- lor. West Main stree. . early Saturday evening. While and Ilea: he are ed in. Malloy a. purchase and he was there N'angle alleged to have walk added that hi' made gave the waiter a $ hill. He received Ins change, put it in his sldo pocket and walked out of the place. lie turned north cm Walk or strtBCt an I bad just passed the northern end of the Harrison house when Heathe and Mangle rushed Up on him and demanded that, they he given bis money. Malloy ai first re fused hut arte!" his assailants bad made several threats he was forced to allow them to search his clo thing. ; Nine dollars in hills and fifty cents in change was taken from htm. The j two men then disappeared while Mal loy notified the police. Dp to the pros t ihe authorities have 'heen unahle the locate Xingle and are of the opinion that he has '. "heat" town Nevertheless they are keeping up their search for him an 1 expect to have him under arrest 1 within the next twenty-four hours if he is in town. No Signs of Streuver. Although forty-eight hour elapsed since Kdgar Streuver to the sheriff s office that he Geneva cn route to Ottawa. have phone 1 ' was In ' he has. NAB HH ACCIDENT VICTIM, . i NJUR1ES PROVE FATAL 10 FREIGHT OTTAWA YOUNG MAN CAUGHT UNDER ROCK ISLAND TRAIN AT LA SALLE, DIED SUNDAY MORN ING AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. Horace Claggett, aged 21 cum bed Sunday morning at jars sue i o'clock at St Mary's pilal in La Salle to the i: W hell while UrleS received oil Saturday noon he fell beneath a freight ear tttemptlng to flip a ride to ot- tawa. iioih legs of the Injured man were so badly mangled they had to be amputated. His condition for a time Saturday afternoon was good, but a change lor the worse occurred Satur day night. Claggett was employed on a farm near Ottawa for some time, hut finish ed his work there a week ago. Satur day morning about X o'clock be and Bo main Ringer started over to La Salle, Just for a pleasure jaunt. They walked out of town for a short dis tance, when a passing auto picked them up and carried them on to that oil y. They started home at 12 o'clock. They walked as far as Marquette St.. when they decided to board a passing freight, Claggett tried to swing on the second cajc behind tho engine, but lost his grasp on the iron rail, and fell peneath the moving wheels. The conductor of the train saw him fall, and applied the brakes stopping Hie locomotive after just one ear had passed over him. Ringer went to his assistance, ami an ambulance was1 hurriedly summoned He was re moved to SI Mary's hospital where both limbs were amputated. Claggett was the son of Mr. audi Mrs. IS. F. Cli l son street, hi I here, and has Ottawa fiiendf geU, SIB West .letter was horn and raised . very large circle of I He was a young man of fine character, who always dis- j icter. at lev for his home. He abli disposil ion in the heart smise will he ol his difhVuli ccurred Ins to His twenty-first birthday on May :',lst. of this year. Surviving lie leaves his parents, four sisters. Mrs. Wilbur Olson. Mrs Robert Hamilton. Mrs. Albert Ander son, Miss Josephine Claggett ami lout brothers, Harry. Edward, George and Fred Claggett, all of Ottawa. The remains were brought I WB for burial yesterday and Wc en directly to the Qiadfelter taking establishment, Funei vices were held there this at ai : o'clock, Rev. n. K. LawU i Otta re tak- under il snr- ated. Burtall was made in tl Avenue Cemetery. Ott; MAURITANIA ON FIRE IN LONDON DOCK liondon, Juy ed in the hold she was lying 2.V Fire was discover ed' the Mauretanla ;s at her dock ill South afternoon. The giant from New York on the Hampton this vessel arrived 22d. She registr With a length id' is 33,398 gross tons TtiL' feet and a beam of sk feet. She served as a transport during the War, carrying thousands of Candaiatl troops and 33,000 Ameri can soldiers. She war, used as a hospital ship during the Gallipolis campaign, , When Deputy Sheriff Fred Bted man reached Fulton on Saturday he found that Streuver left that city at 2 o'clock Friday for Clinton Iowa A telegram from Fulton on Friday stated that streuver had been placed uncicr arrest in that city a later message said he was released and had started for home. Mr. Btedman went from Fulton to Clinton, Iowa, but Streuver had left there hi fore the deputy reached him. Btedman returned to Dixon, 111.,! where Streuver had lc ft his car while in Fulton, hut was unahle to find any trace of him there, not. surrendered himself to the coun ty authorit ies as yet As far as could he leaned this afternoon Streuver has not been in Ottawa since the state warrant was secured for his ar rest by Mrs. Anna Martin on Friday morning. Streuver is charged on the warrant with attempted assault Mrs. Mar tin, who rooms at the Streuver home claims that she was nwokenerd M dat morning at 1 2 : 4 to fir-el the de fendant in her room. 35 ' T I I DIRTY SOX" TELL OWN STORIES OF 1919 SERIES Chicago, July 25. Judge Friend to day ruled that the grand jury confes sion of Eddie Cicotte, Claude Wil liams and Joe Jackson, that they i were paid to throw games in 1919, were admissable as evidence in the baseball trial. The judge, howevc-, i informed the defense that if it pre , sented further evidence which prov ed the confessions wer not made voluntarily by the players, he would instruct the jury to disregard them. ' Each confession can be used only against the man who made it. The ruling, considered the most damag 1 ing blow yet given the defense, came after Judge McDonald, who ordered the scandal quiz, testified no prom ises of immunity were made to any 1 of. the. men.. The players claimed: they were told they would be given Immunity!. Judge McDonald said he! saw Cicotte sign the immunity waiv er. Chicago, July 26. Bddte cicotte, Joe Jackson and Williams told their i own stories In the baseball trial to day of how they had confessed to thej grand jury of having received money to throw games in the UM.9 world's series. Kacb said the confessions were made af,ter Judge McDndiald, former Assistant State's Attorney Replogle, who directed the- Inquiry , i an I Alfred Austrian, Chicago Ameri can League attorney, had promised them their confessions would never be used against them and were want ed only so baseball gamblers might be trampled under foot. Their testimony was given with the jury a pending a as to whet missahle ; maintains voluntary, mltted tin tin1 grand know win 3nt fr the court room j mi Judge Friend n ti her the confessions are is evidence, The def the- confessions were Cicotte and Jackson 1- 'Use' y had signed something in jury room but did not (her it was an immunity waiver. Cicotte down and criec story and much dav was only a Jackson's test Bald be bad broken when he told the of what he did that lasy memory. imony kept the court in an uproar oi laught I told of repealed spree. : time of the grand Jury ami explained he had r when ho about t he investigation gotten two ii was brew r the state's I court bailiffs drunk, i A new- baseball scandt ; ing today as agents feu 'attorney continued tin ii , Immunity waivers and March for confessions signed last fall by n. Info Cicotte rmatini William.; in the and Jacksot bands of tl Gated a Net not) for the were stolen ney's office. paper It'OIll i soon after they the staters attor- DE VALERA CABINET TAKES UP PEACE TERMS Dublin, July 2lt. Tno IrlSB peace proposals nude by Premier Lloyd tleorge to BaBtonn d Valera last week were t ;i k n up by the repub ti"an leader ,-' bis cabinet today ( oumoss Marsuevies, woo was ro le iseel from Mount Joy prison Sun day .sat with the cabinet and took part in the discussion. She is an eiecteei mesuber of the southern Irish republic and minister of labor ill the cabinet. ABOUT THIS TIME O YEAR LACK OE TRAFFIC 5 MERCHANTS' PRAISE BUSINESS DERLY AUTOES URDAY SYSTEM. MEN COMMENT ON OR MANNER I N WHICH WERE HANDLED SAT NIGHT UNDER NEW For the first blasts of winter clown below tin district mi Satu out any kind o ness men today line since the chilly whipped the mercury Zero mark, the loop day night was with- a congestion. Bust attributed this to he elite to the the loop 1 parking stalls Commission! Safet v, Danni pan r of M. el on Health and Safet last week. The Btalls were proposed parking tawa Business worked recently, new Bystem par!; Pali in kei plan ' Men's pm ith the eh the Ot Vssoclation firs uinler the lllgle if thirty 'ii I ; in tl street cat i without ; tonditlons lerous miti . several He lit OS i onje cans I collision. The of the loop hat or accidents di weeks, and n i have abllit ! the heen gn of street machines La Salle t noyed by th antes to ng along the curb on Tonight after Hi loop ider I liner u: district apt int to the . This is i ings permai second coat ot p long the thorofar to make the mar The net step which Dr. Palmi mil x eleil in th ch P and the- BURluei Men's Association complete abolotloi an- pliinnlnc is th" of jay walking b) local people. White crossing ir.a-ks are to In' laid oil' on eneh corner thru out the- downtown district, and tin pedestrians urged to not stray from the- marked path in going from one side of the street to the other Thesi marks are to. I' painted within the HILL CAVES IN ON WALL FOUNDATION The of tin contr south tctt for the construction side retaining. wall Is hav- ith landslides. Saturday twenty feet ot the side of n underlying the disused i elid Into the trench dug ing trouble v. i night about tv the ecavatlon railway track to receive the the wall le removing the cement foundation for pt for the necessity ot t from that po' i Ion of the' concrete thai had been poured no damage was done. Pasengers over the railroad, however, are thankful that a subsiitiitp track has been pro vided for the cars during the progress on tie- hill. CONGESTION GIVEN BANKER PLANNED TO ESCAPE LONG BEFORE THEFTS WERE LEARNED Chicago, July 2a. -A statement; that the disappearance of Warren C I Snuraln. nresldenl of the Michigan nue trust coinpanv which was clos- bank examiners lastweek, was 1 in advance and came simul taneously with the disappearance ot Spurgin'e wife and daughter, Vivian, was niacin today by Men N'ewmark. j chief investigator for the state's at-j torney's office. Newman's statement came after an Interview with He man Dyler, university student and fiancee of Miss Spurgin. According to Newman's statement Dyler said Spurgin confessed to the embezzle ment of sums of money to Mrs. Spur gin some' days previous to the (light and also confessed to an affair with a woman known only as "blond Bthel," Dyler said. Newman continued, that he helped Mrs. Spurgin and .Miss' Spurgin pack and arrange their bouse j bold gooels for a long absence and drove with them in the Spurgin auto-; mobile te, Gary last Monday. Spurgin j hud left previously. Dyler received letters from Miss Spurgin from Niles fit; sou Mich,, and Now Buffalo, Jack-; me Grand Rapids. Finally he ed a let'er from Detroit where Utomobile was found later. In' letter Spurgin spoke of the high i and in the last Miss Spurgin ihe was going to look for work, j also spoke of Ihe nearness of j In the Canadian line and added: You know what that means." Newman expressed the opinion that Snurgin may have crossed the Ca- hall line and Illlllll and tal laid he Bteame en ii was teamer t .ing Euro in 1 30 TOURING PARTIES CAMP AT ALLEN PARK Allen park io auto tourl when from tw igain proved its value its on Saturday night inty-flve to thirty separ- ate parties made use of it as a camp site for the- night. Among the number were- people from distant states, in i ludlng Texas and Oklahoma. Sonic tourists arrived late in the- evening, nnd Others Of them anticipating mak ing long drives during Sunday, go' un der way with the first twitter of the birds. These travelers, stopping here over night and some of them tor ni two, are proving a source of to the merchant'-' of Ottawa, tor 1 find it necessary to replenish lock Of provisions or other a of necessity before continuing joiirnevs. a day prod! their 1244 AUTOS CROSS BRIDGE IN 12 HOURS r ce BOUt river bridge wa ni night by h Porter, the police officer stationed there to traffic away from the oast hill number on this OCC , don es that of the previous count . been automobiles and 52 horse di Tin dra vehicles, which were principally single buggies. The count was made between o, o'i'iock in the evening snd ,; o lock the next morning. FISHING BOATS ARE BEING USED TO RUN 'WHISKEY BLOCKADE' Washington, July 25. - Federal prohibition forces are rigging a dragnet to gather in the rum runners operating along the north Atlantic coast, - - ii SOUTH SIDE HOME UNDER QUARANTINE FOR CHILD DISEASE FIFTH CASE OF INFANT PARAL YSIS DISCOVERED SINCE EPI DEMIC BECAME MENACE TO YOUNG OF OTTAWA HEALTH ""fTuLES TO BE ENFORCED. The home of Mr. ant Mrs. Frank Sherman, :in:t Clover street, was pla eel under quarantine late Saturday afternoon. The little live year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, Mildred, is suite ring of infantile pa ralysis. The little girl Is afflicted in both limbs. This is the fifth Ottawa home to be placed under quarantine in sev en days, since the first case of the disease developed. Health Chief Issues Warning. Dr. W. D. Pike the city health officer today Issued an urgent appeal to all Ottawans to remove their garbage from their premises and to keep their lawns and houses entirely sanitary to assist in the? Stamping out of the in fantile paralysis epidemic. Dr. Pike's Office has been swamped during thej past few days, with complaints re ceived from parents of young children and public spirited citizens that the premises of their ne ighbors had piles of garbage cn- other unsanitary debris. "At a time Ilk" this" said Dr. Pike in commenting upon the matter "every resident oi wiiawa ougiu hi db con siderate enougb Ot the- health and wel-j fare- of the community to look after the cleaning up of their lawns, so that their neighbors should not be forced to appeal to the health department for be lli. The- complaints that have come- into my office have been so nu merous that it is impossible to get a round to attend to all of them as soon as they should he. It's up to every family to keep their premises uhso hltely clean." "Most of tin- complaint have been about people i i ' Iding ' sin is ll . do in llted imp. rt While thej s clean, it e that the: that will In debris Is a! ib keep their nr the landlord and he is the Bible if garbai collect to inj neighborhood Dr. I'ike- w 'tins to S' man so, re pon d to the ire th slate' that the to stamp out epidemic that mt in t and quickest way Infa ni lit paralysl the- health of (lie com- the entire city io he sanitary condition, at way. itir pt WEST SIDE HOME THREATENED BY FIRE ap of old waste rags, which stored behind the kitchen stove Mary Case home. Sycamore Bt., resulted in a serious lire- last about v:::n o'clock. The rags we of no; Illgllt about uere ignited slovi". The cloth spread kithen, whit hy heat thrown from the names from the burning to the west wall of the j I also ignited seve ral : minutes following tin' iirst outbreak. Tin' Kames were first discovered by Mrs. Case she horridly notified the tire ib partment. Chemicals were' u id in extinguishing the blaze. The- loss was nominal and will not exceed $in. INJURIES FATAL TO MRS. BAWDEN'S KIN ears, a bro ten of West ay on Bator hospital in I in i se w as a ; et Mrs. It.ilph Paw -rson street, passed a nicht at St. Mary's dav iator. Mt .ii lit of iniurie-s received on Beater iday. when be was run over while' king at the Btrator car barns. He been superintendent of the Btrea-j Car Works for several years, arriving he leaves a widow, tourl dren, two Bisters and a brother. I ten A "Slight" Tremor. San Fraiiciseo. July 2" sliehtj sarthsjuake was felt here this morn ! ini at .,' clock. 1 ornmissioner navnes declared today. Discussing possible navy co-0jeration Mr. Haynrs said he would consider seriously any offer the naval department might make for the use- of submarines or other naval craft in the chase. Blame Fishing Smacks. New York, July 25, -Federal officers along the Atlantic coast redoubled their vigilance over tramp ships today following disclosure of evidence In dilating the (existence of at least two gigantic international whiskey smug gling rings, one having headquarters ill this city and one In Atlantic City. Aid of the navy department also was being sought in an effort to build up a ruin hunt ing Heel capable of coping witli the mysterious ships and their allied fishing smacks which are al leged to liaui aiieled hundred of thous- - lands of dollars worth of contraband liquor at secluded points under cover ot darkness. According t Leroy w. Boss, United states district attorney of BroOkyn, foreign ami domestic dollars is behind the whiskey smug gling conspiracy. Keenest watch was being kept by revenue boats off Montauk Point toward which, authorities were tipped a large vessel was botinel from the Bahama Islands with a cargo of 15,000 to 20,000 cases of choice Scotch anil Irish whiskey. The; conspirators, learning that, word of the sailing had reached federal officials were reported trying frenetically to get in touch with the whiskey runner to direct her to another point less carefully watch ed. A tramp steamer cruir.ed saucily outside the three mile limit off At lantic City according to reports re ceived hero and taunted federal agents by breaking out pennants say ing: "Day down your money and conio and get i.t" i Ihe tramp slipped away as nignt tell and it was thought she was head ing tor some deserted point where tishing vessels could work unhamper ed al her task of lightering her cargo ashore. A three masted schooner suspecting of being a rum ship also was reported off Atlantic City. Fish ermen along the coast according to Mr. Boss are reaping a rich harvest running the forbidden cargoes ashore'. They work almost entirely at night, he- said, making landings at point.- known to be free from surveillance. Their compensation is said to be $ii for every case of whiskey landed and many of the fishermen are declared ti) have abandoned entirely their regular trips to the fishing hanks in favor of the more luerative smuggling. Thej smugglers are' met on shore hy auto mobile truckmen who whisk tho whiskey to secret warehouses, Effort8 of federal agents to check whiskey running along the coast had , ' r tf) gelur 0f two vessels. -n,,,.. achoonei Curlew taken of Florida and 1. nil the coast smack Jennie T seized t New Haven. Government also hoarded the British Pocomoo at Atlantic City men hav schooner j hut as tl the vessel's paper show her argo to be consigned to Cane ICtiOU has been taken against her crew A part of the Ko s cargo was jettisoned oil at : "wet t da, no her or i camoke' : Atlantii I but this City, her captain admlttea ,us done he declared because ie vessel was in distress and not be lUSe of any design to get the cargo ashore there-, tumannei iaiz. an antic City hotel man was to be ar raigned in the Cape Hay county court tolattng ent act. in COO casea n smug- Ka.tz was ar nection with el hist wee seizure- of the COLBY FIGHTS FOR SHIPS U. S. SEIZED New York, July 2" A temporary injunction P straining the united States shipping Board, the Enn r cency Fleet Corporation and tho Dnlted American lines from inttrf.r ring with the operation of the ships sle ted Friday from the United Btates Mail Steamship company was issued 1,. re today by Judge Rurr of the state Supreme Court. Bain bridge Colby, former secretary Of state-, nam associated with Wood row Wilson in the practice of law. was retained today by the United state s Mail Steamship company to represent it in the legal proceedings.